Great to see the updates, was actually planning to post here today anyway to ask if there was anything new coming... good to see more lyrics, but where's Waspy?

Anyway, loved the live show on the videos section... I actually bought a bottle of red wine for the purpose of sitting down, watching the video and getting plastered... got totally lost in it all, felt like I was actually at the show, some of the live versions are actually superior to their studio counterparts, particularly Sunday Morning, which almost had me shedding tears... never got the chance to see the band live, was only a kid back in the 80s, but this is a fine compensation. Looking forward to Trevor's new release. _________________"He saw a film about an intellectual visionary
A man who could inspire, A man who could change
He went to town to buy himself a dictionary
He held a meeting but nobody came"
-THE BOLSHOI

I've only spoiled myself on one track from the new audio samples so far (I'm Depressed (We All Die)) but I am really looking forward to the point they're added to the main site pages..._________________"He saw a film about an intellectual visionary
A man who could inspire, A man who could change
He went to town to buy himself a dictionary
He held a meeting but nobody came"
-THE BOLSHOI

Glad you are enjoying the live audio -- proper credit goes to Warren Swain (http://homepage.ntlworld.com/warren.swaine/music.htm) for having these gems. Very nice fellow. When the page is done it will list the credit, etc. He also has a few other gems in terms of boots available.

I have gotten offers for a couple of other boots, though nothing has come of them yet -- I know they're out there!

I've played through all the audio files (except the corrupted Reading file) and loved it... totally blown away by the second Portsmouth Polytechnic show. The sound quality is amazing for a bootleg and the live performances of the songs are mindblowing.

I also really liked the Moskow and Kite material. It was a pleasant surprise that I liked Moskow so much as given that it was a one-off obscure single I wasn't really expecting that much, but I really love both the songs... the Kite stuff is great as well; it just seems perplexing how little recognition Trevor is given by the general music press given the amount of amazing stuff he's written. Can't wait for the next update! _________________"He saw a film about an intellectual visionary
A man who could inspire, A man who could change
He went to town to buy himself a dictionary
He held a meeting but nobody came"
-THE BOLSHOI

Great site Greg, and a great audio section (I may have a couple of things to add at some point, when I have finished moving house, and actually bought myself a computer, and tape deck to play the tapes).

I was from the same neck of the woods as the Bolshoi (Jan and Trevor were from Trowbridge in the West country) and saw them a lot before Clarkey joined (I think 3rd on the bill at the 100 club in London supporting the Addicts in 84 was my first hearing). They hooked up with Nick in South London. In those days Jan earnt his living as a Motorcycle courier, and Trevor was doing Furniture removals...

To update the Moskow release details: Trevor is actually Trevor Flynn on that release, not Dave Ashmore, as he had a falling out with his Dad and used his mothers maiden name (thats one for a Bolshoi Trival pursuit quiz)

In the what might have been category....Mike Edwards from Jesus Jones was 2 years younger than Trevor and Jan at school, and he idolised both Trevor and Moskow, and wanted to join their band. When the Bolshoi were going through their rather traumatic falling out with record companies, etc, he was riding the top of the UK and US charts with 'Right Now, Right here', and he begged Trevor and band to support him on a WW tour...unfortunately it was too late as the band had split.

Ah well, the songs are still timeless, even if the band did not reach the heights they deserved.

Hi Greg.
Do you have any idea where a copy of the Happy Boy video can be obtained? That video was where my lifelong love started.
Thanks,
Lee_________________I don't feel safe Things do not feel roomy
I can't save the waif Giants they get to me
Turn another page I take another bride
I don't need to act my age 'Cause god is on my side

First off, the "Happy Boy" video -- that is proving to be very hard to get, as even Trevor and Paul don't have it (though it was before Paul's time, of course). I have no doubt a copy is sitting in some vault of old videos and some day, some one will find it and play it and let's just hope a TiVo or other device is recording at that time...

Lozza - Thanks for the offer. I am hoping to get most of the other b-sides up when I have some more free time from this job I've been on. So keep your eyes open for those!

Simon - always cool to get some nuggets from the good 'ole days. Thanks for the Moskow and JJ tidbits. I am always open for new audio, etc. to be posted. I have a FTP drop-off and will turn things around quickly.

One great thing about this site is it may turn into a great repository for everything people had, but couldn't share.

When I saw Trevor a couple of weeks ago, he even offered to send through some material I could post. He's busy, of course, so I won't expect anything right away, but that would be awesome.

here are a couple of interesting tidbits about Kite from my discussion with Trevor:
- He was restricted because of the BB contract from actually releasing new material for a couple of years, so that slowed any of the band from doing anything.
- Kite went ahead and recorded an entire album with a bit of a super-group of different people from key bands of the time. I think he said they did 16 songs and they were completely mixed and finished. RCA decided not to release the album and it sits in some RCA vault to this day -- Trevor has wanted to release it or get ownership of it, to no avail.
- The Kite album was produced by the late Adrian Borland (The Sound).

So there's some info!

I will be back home later this week and hopefully will get some updates done (though no new audio yet, though there are some promises of some coming soon!).

Kite went ahead and recorded an entire album with a bit of a super-group of different people from key bands of the time. I think he said they did 16 songs and they were completely mixed and finished. RCA decided not to release the album and it sits in some RCA vault to this day -- Trevor has wanted to release it or get ownership of it, to no avail.
- The Kite album was produced by the late Adrian Borland (The Sound).

key bands ? who were the people do you know !? i'd be well interested to know if other people i liked did stuff with trevor

does anyone have a copy at all of the recordings ? maybe they could be put out via this place.....create a demand... then RCA can wake up... maybe